A THAME woman, apprehended at Thame Fair last month, has pleaded guilty to carrying a knife.
Lavinia Ryan, 43, of Van Diemans Road, Thame, pleaded guilty on Monday (07/10) at Oxford Magistrates’ Court to possessing a bladed article in a public place.
She will be sentenced on November 7.
THE theme for next year’s Thame Carnival is to be ‘World of Sport’ and this year’s committee is looking for volunteers and ideas and skills to join them and help to plan the best Thame Carnival yet! 
To message Thame Carnival 2014 and to follow, visit the Thame Carnival 2014 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ThameCarnival2014
COMMUNITY Organisations in South Oxfordshire have the chance to apply for up to £15,000 to fund community projects like improvements to buildings or new equipment, through the district council’s Community Investment Fund. The council is offering the grants to community-based organisations, including parish and town councils, over two rounds, and this second round commenced on October 1. Organisations are encouraged to apply for a share of just under £218,000 to fund their projects. 
Projects the council has helped to fund through the scheme in the last round include improvements to Garsington Sport and Social Club, installing a climbing wall at 1st Goring Scout Hut, and play area equipment in Moulsford amongst others.
The funding is available for capital projects such as building work, new facilities and equipment but cannot be used for revenue costs such as running costs, repairs or maintenance.
The council is encouraging anyone with a project in mind to attend a pre-application workshop which offers advice to those applying to the scheme. The workshop will be held at the council’s offices in Crowmarsh Gifford on the evening of November 7.
For more information and to register to attend, email: grants@southandvale.gov.uk
THE very popular Chinnor Silver Band will be giving a concert on the evening of Saturday, November 2, in aid of the Thame & District Day Centre. The concert will be held at St Mary’s Church, in Thame, starting at 7.30pm.
Refreshments will be available for a donation during the interval. Tickets are £8 and are available from the Thame & District Day Centre, The Cross Keys pub, and from Thame Town Hall.
COMMUTERS in Oxfordshire could save more than £1,900 a year by joining the county’s lift sharing network, Liftshare.com.
According to Oxfordshire County Council who are promoting the scheme during Life Share Week, which runs from 7-11 October, figures show that 9,667 people have signed up to Oxfordshire Liftshare and there are over 8,000 people sharing regular journeys to and from work, helping cut congestion, petrol bills and emissions in the process.
OCC states: ” Members have been sharing thousands of journeys since the scheme began in 2010, saving more than 9,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from Oxfordshire’s transport emissions. If you haven’t tried lift sharing yet then this week, National Car Share Week, could be the ideal time to give it a go.”
To find out more and to sign up to Oxfordshire Lift Share for free, visit: www.oxfordshireliftshare.com to link up with others making the same journey. The website provides the opportunity to choose a travelling companion and is open to both drivers and non-drivers.
Five reasons to start sharing:
1. In the first half of 2013 the average price of unleaded petrol rose by 13% whilst weekly earnings have only increased
by 1%
2. The UK is the third most expensive place to buy diesel in the world
3. There are 1 million car seats available to share in Britain every day on the Liftshare.com network
4. According to the AA the average British family spends more on fuel than they do on food
5. 33 million Brits are already sharing something – from lifts to work, computers, gardens, food and even spare rooms and a further 14 million would consider it (Source: Opinium, May 2013)
RECEIVE Expert Coaching and Advice – Saturday October 12, from 10am till 12 noon. Highly qualified coaches, squash pros and fitness trainers will be sharing their knowledge to enhance your game from 10 am onwards. All standards are welcome.
The Squash Development Academy aims to engage young and old with our beloved sport and reinvigorate existing players to become more active at all levels of the game.
We hope that you can come and are sure you will take away plenty of useful tips to improve your squash, your fitness and to get a real buzz out of the game.
Please contact simon@racquets-fitness-centre.com – Numbers will be limited. Or call: 01844 261754
Club Night on Sundays at 4.20pm and Improvers group squash coaching on Mondays at 7pm.
AS part of the Thame Arts and Literary Festival, MYRIAD PRODUCTIONS LTD, will be performing JANE EYRE, By Charlotte Brontë, adapted for the stage by Connie Stephens. The performance will begin at 7.45 pm at The Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame, on Sunday, October 20.
ORPHANED whilst still a baby and adopted by a kindly Uncle who promptly died, Jane Eyre has never known a loving home. Raised by her Aunt with cruel indifference at best and sent away to Lowood School where starvation, frostbite and typhus are part of the daily curriculum, Jane is ostensibly on course for a brief life of misery and depravation.
But Jane Eyre is special. Her nature strong, warm, unique: her sense of self unshakeable. She will not be defeated.
After eight years at Lowood – two as a teacher – she applies for work as a governess and is offered a position at Thornfield Hall, occasional home of the enigmatic Mr Rochester. To her surprise, he quickly appears to take a keen interest in her, expressing a sense of affinity so strong and indisputable that Jane finds herself helplessly compelled.
But all is not as it seems, for Mr Rochester conceals a dreadful secret within the walls of Thornfield, a secret so sinister, so damning, that its exposure can spell only devastation for Jane.
So begins one or the most masterfully erotic romances ever written, as the genius of Charlotte Brontë weaves gothic horror with the universal search for truth, the battle to retain your individuality within love, to follow your heart and head in tandem, and the shattering consequences of choosing a life-companion who is neither friend nor equal.
Company Biography
Myriad Productions is based in Brentwood, Essex, and was founded in 2007. Recent credits include Far From the Madding Crowd, Our Mutual Friend, Wuthering Heights, Anna Karenina, Little Women, Great Expectations, The Brothers Karamazov, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Crime & Punishment, Pride & Prejudice, A Christmas Carol, A Doll’s House and Look Back in Anger.
Venue: The Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame OX9 2DP
Box Office: Tickets Anywhere, 5 Greyhound Walk, Thame Tel: 01844 217 228 and and TAL: 0871 288 3420 or online http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/73654
Tickets: £10/£8
http://myriadtheatreproductions.com/tourdates.html
CHINNOR RFC suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday (04/10), going down 20-13 away at Canterbury.
Chinnor never really got going in this match and looked out of sorts, particularly in the first half. This is to take nothing away from Canterbury who were direct and forceful throughout the match.
The scoring opened in the eighth minute when Millett for Chinnor scored a penalty goal to put the visitors 3-0 ahead. It then took until the 70th minute until Chinnor scored again. In the meantime, Canterbury got on with the game and scored their first try in the 13th minute from nippy scrum-half, Grant Kay. Although the conversion was missed, Canterbury soon increased their score when Charlie Harding went over for a try, converted by Hilton, to put the home side 12-3 ahead on the 20th minute. Now with a taste for the line, Harding went over again just three minutes later to put Canterbury ahead 17-3 – a score they maintained until half-time.
Throughout the first half, Chinnor had only visited the Canterbury half just once (for their early penalty) and thereafter were trapped in their own half until the referee allowed them a much-needed break.
Just after the restart, Canterbury increased their lead by another three points when man of the match, Charlie Harding, popped over a penalty goal to make the lead 20-3 in the 41st minute. Thereafter Chinnor began to get back into the match but met stout resistance when scoring opportunities seemed possible. Chinnor made five replacements in a short period of time in an effort to get something from the match. In the end, fly half Millett went for broke and a mazy run saw him dot down for Chinnor’s only try of the match on the 70th minute. His touchline conversion closed the gap to 20-10. Canterbury then scored a good try only for the score to be cancelled on a touch judge intervention for foul play. Chinnor upped the pressure and were awarded a penalty which Millett converted for a 20-13 score which remained until the final whistle.
Although Chinnor had a better second half, Canterbury’s dominance in the first half particularly, led to the home victory. Canterbury’s Harding was a significant influence on the match and was clearly the best player on the park. The better side won and Chinnnor must learn not to kick aimlessly to opposition players prepared to run the ball back and regroup from the whole experience. Their better second-half performance offers some comfort and they will be grateful to have earned a losing bonus point.
SOURCE: Contributed by Bill O’Donnell
Scorers:
Chinnor: Millett T, C, 2PG
Canterbury: Harding 2T, PG; Kay T; Hilton C
Chinnor team:
Ricky Hopwood, Joe Marston, Leo Fielding, Matt Goode, Tristan Corpe, Will Millett, Frank Jones, Joe Winpenny, Edward Vickers, Andrew Berry, Sam Blewitt, Tom Mowbray, Andrew Tibbatts, Adam Hastings, Liam Gilbert (c)
Replacements: Tom Whelan, Ian Stock, Oscar Hirskyj-Douglas, James Cathcart, Matt Mountford
NOW that Autumn has arrived, the festival most associated with the darkening nights, Halloween, is drawing closer. Racquets Fitness Centre, in Thame, a popular venue with a great reputation for putting on themed events, has two Halloween parties lined up for November 2. One is for children and will feature games, nibbles and ‘glastly tunes. It will run from 6pm to 8pm.
But after 8pm until late, it will be the turn of the grown-ups with ‘Nursery Hell’, dress theme, Nursery Rymes gone nasty!
More details: http://www.racquets-fitness-centre.com/menus/main.asp?PN=Article&ID=267
